Security and economic development have been two central themes for Latvia since it joined the European Union in 2004. Lelde Luika explains that while the EU still has a strong positive image in Latvia, the country’s economic progress has stalled in recent years.

In 2003, just before Latvia’s EU membership referendum, the country’s national broadcaster ran a news report about attitudes towards the EU in a small Latvian village named Zeltiņi. This year, on the 20th anniversary of Latvia’s EU accession, journalists returned to the village to learn what has changed since…